Robert Greenwald
Clinical Professor of Law, Emeritus
Robert Greenwald is a Clinical Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard Law School and the faculty director of the Law School’s Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI). In addition to teaching seminars in health and public health law and policy, for over 25 years Robert has been engaged in state and national research, policy development, and advocacy to expand access to high-quality health care, reduce health disparities, and promote more equitable and effective health care systems.
Robert is currently serving as a co-chair of the Federal Chronic Illness & Disability Partnership and the HIV Health Care Access Working Group. From 2000-2006, Robert served as member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and as the co-chair of its Access to Care sub-committee. Robert has served as a consultant to the federal government’s Health Resources Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Community Advisory Board as well as numerous state governments and community-based organizations. Robert received his B.A. from Vassar College in 1980 and his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1986.
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, United States
Representative Publications
- Robert Greenwald, Phillip Waters & Sarah Cayer, Enforcement of Legal Remedies to Secure Hepatitis C Virus Treatment With Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapies in Correctional Facilities and Medicaid Programs, 135 Pub. Health Rep. 44S (2020).
- Robert Greenwald, Presentation at the 7th Annual Hunger Action Summit, Food as Medicine: The Case for Insurance Coverage for Medically-Tailored Food Under the Affordable Care Act (Jan. 30, 2015).
- Robert Greenwald, The Role of Community-Based Clinical Legal Education in Supporting Public Interest Lawyering, 42 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev.569 (2007).